Séjour à Tenerife - Cafe du Cycliste Spring/Summer '16

From their base in Nice, Cafe du Cycliste continue to offer an alternative to modern road apparel. Their newly opened Le Café offers rental bikes that many could only dream of, alongside a workshop, changing facilities, store and of course, a cafe. An ideal stop to fuel up before a morning in the mountains, you may find yourself sipping espressos opposite one of Nice’s semi-permanent residents: the world tour pros who base themselves there between races.

With Le Café garnering this level of scrutiny, it’s no surprise that the Spring/Summer range from Cafe du Cycliste looks like one of their best yet. So, with kit packed, bikes boxed and flights booked, the Cafe du Cycliste team headed to the smooth, sweeping roads of Tenerife to explore the island (they were really there to take photos and test kit but we're all cyclists at heart!).

New color options for the popular Fleurette, Francine and Lucienne, come in alongside the brand new Blandine Summer Bibs and Marcelle Base Layers. In the women's range, the Antoinette Bib/Base Layer has had an update, with an improved fit and refreshed pattern alongside restocks of the Claudette, Francine and Madeleine.

Eagle-eyed readers may spot a few new pieces of kit among the stunning vistas - expect lighter jerseys and super-lightweight gilets as we move further into the summer.

Always Riding's super domestique - just as happy helping you up a climb and feeding you a flapjack (his dietary staple) as writing content and editing pics. If not at his desk he can be found lurking in the storeroom gazing at new stock intake or plotting an over ambitious camping, cycling or hiking trip.

Wind and rain often work together, hitting you like a Madison pairing in full sling and with only taped rain jackets or beefy winter wear up to this challenge the humble windproof jacket can sometimes be left on the shelf. (...)

Cafe du Cycliste bring a casual yet technical style to road and urban cycle clothing, drawing on France's undoubted cycling heritage. We thought we'd take a lunchtime spin with owners/managers/founders Andre and Remi and get them to tell us about the Cote d'Azur brand. (...)

With a bucket-list of European climbs to scale, I realised that the mountain-climbing writings of the likes of Daniel Friebe and Simon Warren had never mentioned Tenerife. Perhaps there were no mountains to speak of? So, here is the second great secret of Tenerife - it is a hill climbers' paradise. Almost nowhere on the island is flat and with the highest road rearing above 2300m from sea-level, Tenerife offers the highest continually ascending road in Europe. I had to go. (...)

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